Emotion expression among abusive mothers is associated with their children's emotion processing and problem behaviours

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1421-1430

  Shackman, Jessica E ^a   Fatani, Serah ^b   Camras, Linda A ^b   Berkowitz, Michael J ^c   Bachorowski, Jo Anne ^c   Pollak, Seth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial expressions; Mothers; Physical abuse; Psychopathology; Vocal expressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; VOCAL EXPRESSION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 78649710039     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903399376     Document Type: Article

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